The Sacred World of the Evens: Culture and Ethics (Nomadic Camp Experience)
In: Kunstkamera, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 37-43
ISSN: 2712-8636
At present, due to the ethnic revival of the indigenous peoples of the North there is a process of preserving traditional forms and developing new educational forms that meet modern requirements. Nomadic educational institutions represent a socioeconomic pattern determined by specific natural and climatic conditions and national and regional peculiarities of the development of indigenous peoples. Their main purpose is to make education accessible to those children whose parents lead a nomadic life of reindeer herders, hunters and fishermen. At the present stage, globalization processes are among the objective ones, largely they are determined by the rapid development of information technologies, communication systems, and trends in world culture. Against the background of these processes, the formation of the nomadic camp for children of the indigenous peoples of the North — the Evens — opened up new ways to preserve their native language, culture and traditional types of management. One of the basic topics of learning in the camp is the sacred world of the Evens. During the operation of the nomadic camp, children learn a lot about the rites and customs of their native people. The connection of the human world with the world of deities is carried out through the experts in customs and rituals — older people, so for the most part it is they who are the conductors of knowledge for the pupils.